Appeal No. 2006-1225
Application No. 10/244,825
bus identification to a storage device included in the storage
system and creating a zone including a switch and the storage
device included in the storage system. According to Appellants,
in such a system data only passes to the storage device from the
switch, and access to the storage device is restricted to that
from a server included in the storage system (specification, page
1). An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary independent claim 1, which is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method for constraining access to a storage system
comprises:
assigning a permanent bus identification to a storage device
included in the storage system;
grouping a switch and the storage device included in the
storage system such that data only passes to the storage device
from the switch; and
restricting access to the storage device from a server
included in the storage system.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Ogata JP 02001-306412A Nov. 2, 20013
Claims 1-24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a) as being
anticipated by Ogata.
3 An English translation of the reference was previously provided by
the Examiner, to which all the references in this opinion are made.
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